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HAMB FASTENEB.. v No. 341,681. Patented May 1 1, 1886.

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\VILLIAM \VASIIINGTON PEARCE, OF OLANTON, ALABAMA.

HAWlE FASTENER.

A pplicatinn tiled October 16, 1:785.

T0 aZZ 2072/0721, it may concern:

. Be it known that l, \VILLLTM"\VAsiitnsToN Pnanon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clanton, in the county of Chilton and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful HameF-astencr, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hanie fastener. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are perspective detail views of same.

I Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to produce an improved hame-fastener which can he eas ily and quickly attached to any ordinary hamcs new in use. It can be made cheap, and is strong and durable.

The invention consists in the combination of the several parts herein described.

A represents a hook with slots or mortise, as shown at a. It is also provided at the short end of hook with a hinged piece, which pre vents it from dropping out of hames in removing the harness.

B is a piece having a bifurcated hook at one end. The part 0 has a hook at each end. The hook at the narrow end (shown at a) is made to fit into the bifurcated end of B and riveted, as shown. The other end is intended to hook into the eye of the home. At the point F is attached, by a spring riveted to the piece C, a spring-clasp, D. The object of this clasp is to hold the plain end of B in use. It is also so placed as to prevent the hook near this end from being accidentally detached from the eye of the hame.

where B and C are connected at c the hooks P CIFIGATEON ionizing part. of Letters Patent No. S4l,68l, dated May 11, 1886.

Serial No. 180,079. (No model.)

are so shaped that in closing B over on the part 0 the part a is tightlydrawn and held and not allowed to go'back, as is usual in this class of fasteners. By this means the hames can he more securely held in the collar. By the arrangement at the ends of the fastener it is easily changed from one set of hames to another.

1n use the hook on end of A is hooked into the lower eye of the hame on one side, and the hook on the end of part- 0 nearl is hooked into the other or lower eye of the hame by springing the clasp D away from the point of the hook, and then by releasing clasp D it closes the end of hook, so as to prevent its coming out of the eye of the haine.

To fasten the hames, pass the straight end of piece 13 through one of the slots or mortise in A, and carry the end over to the clasp D and spring it into the clasp.

I am aware that the bifurcated hook and hook with slots or mortise have long been in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination,with the parts A B G of a \llhhllll WASlllNG'lON PEARCE.

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